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[Narrator] A divorce fueled by
greed and hatred...
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They came to make
a police report.
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She was lookin' for someone to
kill her husband.
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[Narrator] Investigators rush to
save a life that's on the line.
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[Jason] There was just no margin
for error.
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It was truly life or death.
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You could tell she was excited
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and thrilled with
what was goin' on.
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[Narrator] A woman
determined to kill
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shows investigators how far
she is willing to go.
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[Jason] That let me know that
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we are dealing with a truly
evil woman.
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[music]
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[theme music]
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[Narrator] Montgomery County,
Texas sits at
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the northern edge of Houston's
massive sprawl.
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[Kelly] In the south of
Montgomery County,
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you have kinda your metropolitan
Houston type suburb areas.
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North of the county is very
rural,
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you have ranch communities.
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So, you have a wide variety of
people.
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[Narrator] It's 5 P.M.
on July 21, 2015,
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when investigators are called
to a remote spot
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in Montgomery County
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and uncover a scene
unlike any other.
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[Jason] It was a county-owned
piece of property
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that was very isolated,
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had a lot of cover and
concealment
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due to trees and,
and, and high grass.
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[Narrator] Detective
Jason Martinez
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takes in an unsettling scene.
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I was standing above the body of
a dead man in a grave.
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[Kelly] The grave was
a shallow grave.
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It looked like it was basically
dug by hand, by shovels.
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The body was wearing nothing but
a pair of underwear.
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His hands were bound behind
his back.
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There was an obvious
gunshot wound to the head,
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a close contact entry wound on
the right temple.
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It was like he was executed,
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and then his body
was placed in a hole
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where no one else could find it.
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[Narrator] Detective Martinez
recognizes the victim.
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The victim in the grave was
Ramon Sosa.
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Ramon was pretty well known in
the community
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as a local business owner.
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He started up a boxing gym and
he trained young boxers.
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He was a mentor to people in
our community.
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[Narrator] Investigators and
crime scene technicians
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meticulously process the scene.
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[Jason] We took a lot of photos,
different angles.
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Start outward, work inward.
Get up close.
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[Narrator] Then, in an instant,
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what looks to be the scene of
a cold-blooded murder
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is transformed...
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[indistinct]
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Ramon Sosa, R-A-M-O-N S-O-S-A.
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All I can hear is the clicking
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of the 35mm camera goin'
around me,
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just taking pictures nonstop.
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And then that was it, they said,
"Okay, Mr. Sosa, you're done."
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[Jason] Once we completed takin'
the photos,
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we helped
Ramon out of the grave.
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[Narrator] The "crime scene"
is a part of
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an elaborate sting operation.
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The plan was to stage the murder
of Ramon,
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to fake Ramon's death.
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He was havin' to pretend to be
dead to save his own life.
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[Ramon] I'm probably one of
the few men
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that has ever walked out of
his own grave alive.
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[Narrator] Two weeks earlier,
on July 5th, 2015,
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48-year-old Ramon Sosa
and his good friend Mundo
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first walked in to
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the Montgomery County
Constable's Office.
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Ramon and his friend Mundo came
to make a police report.
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[Narrator] Mundo tells
detectives that
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a couple of weeks ago,
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he overheard
a bizarre conversation
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between Ramon's wife, Lulu,
and Lulu's teenage daughter
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at the family-owned gym.
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[Ramon] Mundo was at the gym
this one evening,
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and he walked in front of
my office in the gym
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and Lulu was talking to
her daughter.
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[Narrator] Mundo explains
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the subject of
their conversation
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came as a shock.
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They were talking about that
Lulu wished that Ramon was dead.
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Lulu was lookin' for someone to
kill her husband.
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[Kelly] Mundo decided to take it
upon himself and approach Lulu,
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and ask her what's goin' on.
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That's when he started
talkin' with Lulu
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in order to make sure,
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see, like, anybody
would wanna know,
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does she really want this to
happen?
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[Jason] She was a little vague
in what she was asking for.
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She said she wanted him to
disappear.
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Mundo wanted to
confirm and verify
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what she was talkin' about,
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and made the motion with
his hand,
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as though he was holdin' a gun.
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[Narrator] Mundo says in another
twist he didn't see coming,
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Lulu asked for his help.
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Mundo had kind of
a checkered past.
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He had been involved in a gang.
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And Lulu tried to enlist Mundo,
knowing his history,
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to see if he knew anyone that
could do what she wanted.
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[Narrator] Thinking on his feet,
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Mundo went along with
Lulu's request.
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Mundo told Lulu that he had
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someone by the name
of Paco that could do the job.
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But in fact, Paco didn't exist.
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He was very close with Ramon.
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He was concerned
something was gonna happen,
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and so that's why
he got involved.
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[Narrator] Following
the conversation with Lulu,
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Mundo tells investigators
he called Ramon.
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[Ramon] I remember, I get a call
from Mundo.
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And he tells me,
"Hey, hey Pops," you know,
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"this lady wants to kill you."
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And I said, "What are you
talkin' about?"
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I was so upset, I mean,
there was so much rage,
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and I was so mad I couldn't,
I couldn't...
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I, I thought he was joking.
He said, "Nah, man.
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This is not a joke,
it's for real."
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He said, "I seen that look on
people's eyes
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when they wanna kill somebody,
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and she has that look."
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[Narrator] Ramon tells
investigators
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he was in shock.
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With the divorce pending,
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he and Lulu were still
sharing a home.
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She decided she was gonna live
on the second floor,
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and I was gonna live on
the first floor of the house.
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I just went in the house...
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Went in my room,
and locked the door, you know?
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I just, I just laid in my bed,
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staring at the,
staring at the ceiling,
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thinking, like,
"What am I gonna do?
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What am I gonna do?"
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Sleeping, basically,
with one eye open.
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[Narrator] Ramon and Mundo
tell investigators
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they agreed that their best bet
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was for Mundo to keep
stringing Lulu along.
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She might be sayin' this kinda
stuff because
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she's just mad right now.
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There's really no
evidence right now.
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So, I told Mundo, "Get as much
information as you can."
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[Narrator] In an attempt to see
just how serious Lulu was,
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Mundo quickly took the next ste
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and told Lulu he'd spoken
with Paco,
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who was on board for the job.
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[Kelly] She believed him.
There was no hesitation.
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There was no worry on her part.
She trusted Mundo completely.
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[Narrator] Ramon tells
investigators
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he then purchased
a burner phone,
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which he used to text Mundo
posing as Paco,
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his own would-be killer.
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He texted back and forth with
me, like I was the hitmen.
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You know, "I need $200,
and let's go do this."
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[Narrator] Mundo says he showed
the texts to Lulu as proof.
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[Ramon] She had no idea
the whole time
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that hitman was me.
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I was playing my own hitman.
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Was Mundo the only person that
Lulu was talkin' to?
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Was he the only one
that she was seeking
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this type of assistance from?
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[Narrator] As the two men
continue with their story,
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they reveal an even more
concerning detail.
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[Kelly] There's money involved.
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She's really serious about
having Ramon killed.
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[Narrator] Investigators are
stunned by
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how much information Mundo
was able to obtain.
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Time was of the essence, and
this was a very serious matter.
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So, the ball got to move quick.
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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Investigators dig into
the broken marriage
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that threatens Ramon's life.
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She started getting really,
really jealous,
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her whole attitude changed.
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She just wasn't the same person.
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[Narrator] And a deadly plot
is uncovered.
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Mundo was recording everything.
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It was chilling to listen to how
she wanted me dead.
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[Narrator] July 5th, 2015.
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Texas gym owner
Ramon Sosa and his friend Mundo
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have just detailed to
Montgomery County investigators
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a shocking murder for hire plot
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that has been coming to a head
over the past two weeks.
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They also presented some
audio recordings
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of Lulu speaking with Mundo.
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[Narrator] Ramon and Mundo hand
over cell phones
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containing text messages
from Lulu,
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as well as a thumb drive.
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[Narrator] As investigators hand
off the phones and the drive
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to be translated,
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they request Ramon fill in
the blanks
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on his background.
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[Narrator] Born in Puerto Rico
in 1967,
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Ramon came to the United States
with his family
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in the early '70s,
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where after several years of
moving around,
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they eventually settled in
Texas.
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We moved to Texas when I was
a young teenager,
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12 or 13, somewhere around
there.
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There's four of us siblings,
we were very close,
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all of us are very close.
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My parents always did a lotta
things with us
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when we were younger.
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[Narrator] From an early age,
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Ramon discovered
a lifelong passion...
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I really got the, you know,
interested in boxing
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when my father took me to
the gym with him.
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I fell in love with the sport,
and never looked back.
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I turned pro.
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So, I was a professional boxer
at 17,
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still a senior in high school.
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And that was pretty cool,
you know?
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[Narrator] But soon after he
graduated high school,
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Ramon's path to
a professional career
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was derailed.
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[Ramon] Was not training the way
I was supposed to be training,
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and then my father sent
me to Puerto Rico
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to fight over there,
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and when I came back,
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my mind was not there with
boxing anymore.
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[Narrator] Barely in his 20s
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and with one career
already behind him,
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Ramon was looking at
the long term
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when he embarked on
his new profession
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as a driver for FedEx.
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From there, I moved to LA for
a job opportunity.
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And that's where I met
the mother of my kids, Delores.
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The way I met her was dancing.
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We got together,
and one thing led to another,
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we, and she ended up gettin'
pregnant with my oldest son,
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and that's when I talked Delores
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into comin' back to Texas
with me.
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They then shortly after had
my brother, Chris.
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And then I came, I came along.
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[Ramon] We had a nice home.
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And, and I was able to build
a pool in the backyard, like,
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like a little paradise.
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The kids loved it.
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[Narrator] After a decade
together,
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Ramon and Delores parted ways.
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It's a common law, you know,
marriage, what we had.
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I think we kinda started growin'
apart a little bit
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because I didn't want her to
work.
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I was more of old school,
you know,
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and that kinda, I guess,
bothered her a little bit.
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We got joint custody.
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And we ended up living
separate lives.
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[Narrator] During the breakup,
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Ramon leaned heavily on
his love of boxing.
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[Ramon] I still kept goin' to
the gym.
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And I did more training young,
you know, young fighters.
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[Narrator] In 2004,
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he founded an outreach program
for kids in the community.
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[Ramon] It was a nonprofit
called Young Prospects Boxing.
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We would pick 'em up after
school,
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take 'em to the gym,
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and they would train,
and kids loved it.
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[Narrator] In the early days
of the program,
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Ramon first met Mundo.
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Mundo one day came to the,
to the gym.
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He wanted to join a boxing team
or club.
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I told him, "Hey, you know,
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if you want to,
you can start today."
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[Narrator] Ramon says Mundo
never looked back.
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In, like, three months,
we became very, very close.
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He kinda opened up a little
more to me about his background.
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He grew up as a gang member.
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It's tough, he ended up goin' to
prison for a little while.
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He just went
down the wrong path.
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Then he, when he came out of
the prison,
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he decided to change his life.
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[Narrator] Working as
a delivery driver during the da
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and training at night
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kept 40-year-old Ramon Sosa
busy,
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but he still managed to find
time for romance.
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[Mia] My dad and Lulu met at
a nightclub.
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He saw her across the way
and thought she was beautiful.
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And when she walked past him,
she stepped on his foot.
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She did that and apologized,
that was his gateway.
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I just looked up at her and all
I can say is like,
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"Would you dance with me?"
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And she goes, "Of course."
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And the rest was history.
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After about a year and a half
of dating,
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I just decided that, you know,
this is the one.
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[Narrator] Lulu Dorantes
was born in 1974,
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in Mexico City.
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She was a middle child of three.
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She grew up with
her mother only.
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They were a very
tight-knit family.
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She was workin' at a Ford
factory in Mexico City,
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and that's when she met her
then-husband
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and the father of her kids.
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[Narrator] Lulu and her husband
eventually divorced,
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and she looked for a fresh stat
in Texas in the mid 2000s.
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[Maria] She was here on a visa,
visitor visa.
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She had an apartment where
she lived with her two children
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and her mother.
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[Ramon] She was workin' cleaning
houses.
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She's a hard worker, she's doin'
whatever it takes
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to help her kids.
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[Narrator] After dating for
a couple of years,
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Lulu and Ramon tied the knot
in 2009.
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You know, she loved my dad.
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My dad was happy,
they were happy.
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[Ramon] She supported my boxing.
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She becomes an American citizen,
it was wonderful.
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[Narrator] One year later,
the family moved across town,
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and together, Lulu and Ramon
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opened
Woodlands Boxing and Fitness.
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[Ramon] I was the head coach,
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and I would take care of
the gym, the boxing part of it.
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And then she did
the business side of it.
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Mundo, he became my right-hand
man eventually.
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Lulu thought that Mundo was
a bad influence.
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You know, ex-con, whatever.
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And she thought he made
the gym look bad.
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But then when he started helpin'
and takin' care of the gym,
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and, and she found out how to
get benefits out of him,
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now he was good.
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[Narrator] Over the next
few years,
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Ramon and Lulu focused on
running the gym,
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but the couple's marriage soon
began to suffer.
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[Ramon] We were okay the first
three years,
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and then after the third year,
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that's when I saw little cracks
started in our relationship.
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It seemed like the more money
we made,
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the more arguments we got into.
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I was workin' a lot, you know,
literally basically all day.
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All she could say was like,
you know,
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"You're always busy with
boxing."
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She started getting really,
really jealous about my kids.
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She would treat 'em
totally the opposite
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of how she treated them when
she met them.
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And I felt like now that she had
a, a nice home,
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she had money, and her whole
attitude changed.
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You know, she just wasn't
the same person.
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[Narrator] In 2015,
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their relationship came to
a breaking point
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when Lulu surprised Ramon by
filing for divorce.
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They had the pickup truck
and a couple of cars,
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and I think a couple of
motorcycles, too.
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And she basically was out to get
whatever she could.
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[Ramon] It was a very
difficult divorce.
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Money, the greed of money,
that's all it was.
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[Narrator] For investigators,
the more Ramon reveals,
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the more Lulu's motive
begins to crystallize.
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[Narrator] Mundo and Ramon leave
the office,
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but not without
specific instructions
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on what to do next...
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Ramon was advised to limit
his interaction with Lulu
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for obvious reasons,
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and to distance himself.
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But go to work.
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Maintain your normal routine,
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just limit your time and
interaction with her.
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[Ramon] I ended up staying with
my parents.
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They had no idea what was
goin' on.
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I didn't tell anybody,
I was in constant fear.
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It was horrible,
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living day to day knowing that
somebody wants to kill you.
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And you don't know when or
where or how.
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[Narrator] Coming up.
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Investigators speculate if
there are two sides
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to this sordid tale.
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[Kelly] She had previously made
911 calls.
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Accused Ramon of, of,
of assaulting her.
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[Narrator] And Lulu puts
her plan into action.
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[Narrator] Detectives in
Montgomery County, Texas
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are investigating a claim
by former boxer, Ramon Sosa,
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stating his wife Lulu is
trying to kill him.
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[Jason] This case was revolving
around a person's life,
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so we couldn't get it wrong.
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There was just no margin
for error,
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because it was truly life
or death.
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[Narrator] On July 6th,
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they listen to the recorded
phone calls
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between Lulu and Mundo
from the past week.
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And they quickly discover Lulu
isn't shy
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when it comes to her motive.
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Ramon worked for FedEx for over
30 years,
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and continued to work for them,
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and he had a very large pension
that Lulu would get
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if he were murdered.
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[Narrator] As investigators keep
listening,
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they learn that Lulu has
a looming deadline.
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Our finalization of the divorce
was comin' up soon,
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and she wanted the hit to happen
before then.
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Because if it happened after
the divorce,
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my kids would get
all my inheritance.
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[Narrator] With the deadline
less than three weeks away,
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investigators look closer
at the Sosa marriage.
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[Jason] As part of
a criminal investigation,
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it, it's standard practice to
run a criminal history check
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on everyone involved.
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The call history for their
residence was pulled,
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and there did show to be several
disturbance calls to the house.
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[Kelly] She'd accused Ramon of,
of, of assaulting her.
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Sexually assaulting her.
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Lulu called the police
multiple times about that.
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[Narrator] Investigators dig
into
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Lulu's allegations from 2013,
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and find no evidence to
back up her claims.
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Lulu had called law enforcement
several times,
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they were summoned to the home.
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I think after the third time
that constables came out,
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they began to believe that this
woman was not genuine
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in what she was telling them.
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[Kelly] The sexual assault
allegation by Lulu
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against Ramon,
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that case was fully
investigated.
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Ramon even took a lie detector
test during it.
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A grand jury in
Montgomery County
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refused to indict.
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And they found there was no
probable cause that,
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that it happened.
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[Narrator] Finding no reason
to discredit Ramon
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and with the clock ticking,
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detectives consult with
the district attorney's office.
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In order to charge someone with
solicitation of capital murder,
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you have to develop your
own investigation,
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and our own evidence.
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And we decided to do
an undercover operation.
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[James] At that point,
the sheriff's office
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took it very seriously
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and got in touch with the Texas
Department of Public Safety,
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and DPS sent down
an undercover officer
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posing as the assassin.
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[Kelly] Mundo told Lulu that he
had someone by the name of Paco
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that could do the job that
she wanted to do.
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[Jason] Law enforcement was able
to set up an undercover
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to assume the role of Paco.
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The next step was a face-to-face
meeting with Paco and Lulu.
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[Ramon] I told 'em, I said,
"Look," ya know,
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"Lulu, she's used to only have
conversations with, with Mundo.
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So, if anything, y'all need to
have Mundo around,
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meeting with the undercover
officer."
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[Narrator] Mundo agrees to
facilitate the meeting
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between Lulu and
the undercover agent.
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00:25:55,355 --> 00:26:00,293
The goal was to have Mundo ride
with Paco to the location
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to meet with Lulu,
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and then have Mundo introduce
Lulu to Paco.
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00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,502
And once that took place,
448
00:26:09,536 --> 00:26:11,671
we wanted him to get back in
his car and leave,
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00:26:11,705 --> 00:26:13,740
because we didn't want him
involved.
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[Narrator] On the evening of
July 20th,
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Mundo, Lulu,
and the undercover agent
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meet in the parking lot
of a local department store.
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There were a number of
undercover officers
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that were in the area,
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watching and ready to act in
case something went down.
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Normally when you're dealing
with solicitation of
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capital murder cases,
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your suspect, they may be
a little more nervous.
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00:26:57,584 --> 00:27:00,587
And Lulu Sosa was not that
at all.
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[Narrator] Lulu reiterates that
she needs the hit
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to take place within
the next 48 hours.
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[Narrator] Lulu agrees to
give Paco
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an additional $500 upfront,
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with more to come
after the murder.
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They agreed on $1,000 cash,
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the title to Ramon's truck once
the job was done,
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00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:56,443
and she was gonna give Paco some
of Ramon's jewelry
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to compensate him further.
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I was pretty taken back.
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That let me know that we are
dealing with a truly evil woman.
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[Narrator] Following
the meeting,
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investigators take
the recordings to prosecutors.
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While damning, they worry
it still isn't enough.
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[Jason] In this case, Lulu,
had no prior criminal history.
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She was a productive member of
society,
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so there, there were several
things in her favor
477
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that we wanted to negate a jury
from falling for.
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[Narrator] To seal Lulu's fate,
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they will need Ramon's help in
carrying out
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an unorthodox plot.
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On July 21, 2015,
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Ramon reports to
the constable's office.
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When you're talking about
a solicitation
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of capital murder case,
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you wanna be able to show a jury
or a judge
486
00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:04,010
what the suspect will
do when they see
487
00:29:04,010 --> 00:29:07,814
the person that they wanted dead
actually dead.
488
00:29:07,847 --> 00:29:11,651
And so, it's not uncommon to,
during the investigation,
489
00:29:11,685 --> 00:29:13,887
to try to stage the murder.
490
00:29:14,888 --> 00:29:17,457
We knew one of the final pieces
of the puzzle
491
00:29:17,490 --> 00:29:18,925
was the proof of death.
492
00:29:19,025 --> 00:29:20,827
The district attorney wanted
493
00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:24,798
a certain bar to be met
evidentiary wise.
494
00:29:25,565 --> 00:29:30,070
And we knew that that was going
to be staging Ramon's death.
495
00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:32,839
Showing proof of death to Lulu,
496
00:29:32,872 --> 00:29:35,041
and getting her reaction
on video.
497
00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:38,044
He said, "So, what I'm gonna do
is...
498
00:29:38,044 --> 00:29:39,846
I'm gonna take a picture,
499
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:41,481
show her a picture of you...
500
00:29:42,148 --> 00:29:45,251
Dead, with a bullet wound on
the side of your head."
501
00:29:48,154 --> 00:29:49,789
And I'm like,
"You're kidding me."
502
00:29:49,823 --> 00:29:50,924
I couldn't, I couldn't
believe it.
503
00:29:50,957 --> 00:29:54,794
I didn't know what to say.
I was like, I was stunned.
504
00:29:58,598 --> 00:30:02,669
I was in total fear, and I was,
just didn't know what to expect.
505
00:30:03,169 --> 00:30:06,039
We had the investigators
basically use makeup
506
00:30:06,072 --> 00:30:08,541
to place a bullet hole on
his head.
507
00:30:09,142 --> 00:30:12,712
We made a close contact entry
wound on the right temple,
508
00:30:13,113 --> 00:30:15,949
what appeared to be a fatal
gunshot wound to the head.
509
00:30:16,416 --> 00:30:19,219
We collaboratively discussed,
you know,
510
00:30:19,252 --> 00:30:21,454
"Hey, do, do we have
this right," you know?
511
00:30:21,488 --> 00:30:24,557
"Is, is this stippling just
right," you know?
512
00:30:24,891 --> 00:30:28,495
This undercover operation had to
be spot on,
513
00:30:29,429 --> 00:30:31,197
had to look legit,
514
00:30:31,231 --> 00:30:34,868
because ultimately, a man's life
depended on it.
515
00:30:39,973 --> 00:30:41,274
[Narrator] Coming up.
516
00:30:41,307 --> 00:30:44,644
Will Lulu buy into
the sting operation?
517
00:30:45,078 --> 00:30:48,148
We had to put Ramon into hiding.
518
00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:11,103
[Narrator] July 21, 2015.
519
00:31:11,136 --> 00:31:13,906
Authorities in
Montgomery County, Texas
520
00:31:13,939 --> 00:31:17,910
are acting fast to save
Ramon Sosa's life.
521
00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:22,414
With less than 24 hours before
Lulu's deadline
522
00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:24,183
to have Ramon killed,
523
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:27,653
investigators prepare to
stage his murder.
524
00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:31,623
About 3 P.M. is when we took
Mr. Sosa to
525
00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:33,659
the gravesite that we used.
526
00:31:34,093 --> 00:31:36,395
It was very isolated.
527
00:31:39,098 --> 00:31:40,799
[Ramon] I'll never forget.
528
00:31:40,833 --> 00:31:42,935
I was in the back of this SUV,
529
00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:44,103
and it was blacked out,
you know?
530
00:31:44,103 --> 00:31:47,272
And, and me sitting in
the backseat thinking, like,
531
00:31:47,706 --> 00:31:49,274
"What am I doing?"
532
00:31:49,308 --> 00:31:51,143
There were people there already
waiting,
533
00:31:51,176 --> 00:31:53,278
and there was a guy with a,
with a camera.
534
00:31:53,946 --> 00:31:56,281
And so, one of these officers
told me
535
00:31:56,315 --> 00:31:59,518
how I was gonna pose and
all this.
536
00:31:59,551 --> 00:32:02,588
They already had a,
a shallow grave all dug up.
537
00:32:07,726 --> 00:32:12,965
[Narrator] Ramon carefully steps
down into the 4x4 foot grave.
538
00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:17,836
I instructed Ramon to just
put his hands behind his back.
539
00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:21,173
That way it appeared as though
they were tied behind his back,
540
00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:22,708
and he was dumped in a hole.
541
00:32:23,542 --> 00:32:25,077
[Ramon] They told me to close
my eyes,
542
00:32:25,077 --> 00:32:28,547
they added more blood to my
nose, I think mouth, also.
543
00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:31,350
We took pictures of him
with our cell phones.
544
00:32:31,383 --> 00:32:34,219
They had to be taken in a way to
look like it was people
545
00:32:34,253 --> 00:32:38,090
who had just committed a murder
taking a photograph of someone.
546
00:32:43,162 --> 00:32:45,597
[Narrator] When Ramon climbs out
of the grave,
547
00:32:45,631 --> 00:32:47,733
he is visibly shaken.
548
00:32:48,534 --> 00:32:52,538
He was upset, like anybody
would seeing basically
549
00:32:52,571 --> 00:32:53,806
what is their own death.
550
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:56,241
[Ramon] I knew that was gonna
be difficult.
551
00:32:56,275 --> 00:32:58,744
So many different thoughts were
going through my head.
552
00:32:59,178 --> 00:33:01,313
I was thinkin' about my kids,
my family.
553
00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:04,550
What are they gonna say when
they see this picture of me?
554
00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:07,419
I mean, they gonna to see it
sooner or later.
555
00:33:13,726 --> 00:33:15,294
[Narrator] To keep Ramon safe,
556
00:33:15,327 --> 00:33:17,096
investigators whisk him away
557
00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:20,332
to a hotel at
an undisclosed location.
558
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,103
The goal of that was to have
Ramon's friends
559
00:33:24,570 --> 00:33:28,207
reach out to Lulu
and to ask where Ramon was,
560
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:30,509
to see what her reaction
would be,
561
00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,111
what her story would be.
562
00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:36,648
We had to put Ramon into hiding
for several days.
563
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:40,619
[Ramon] They took my phone away.
I had no contact with anybody.
564
00:33:40,953 --> 00:33:43,889
Not his employer.
No family members.
565
00:33:43,922 --> 00:33:45,190
Nobody.
566
00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:46,959
And he had to understand that
567
00:33:46,992 --> 00:33:49,895
that was the only
key to makin' this work.
568
00:33:50,596 --> 00:33:52,531
The officer, you know, when they
dropped me off, they said,
569
00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:55,300
"Well, we'll call you as soon as
we arrest her."
570
00:33:55,934 --> 00:33:58,470
I remember I just
wanted this to be over.
571
00:34:03,042 --> 00:34:04,910
[Narrator] On July 22nd,
572
00:34:04,943 --> 00:34:08,280
Paco and Lulu meet for
a second time.
573
00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:13,419
Lulu got in the car.
574
00:34:13,452 --> 00:34:16,655
You could tell she was excited
and thrilled with
575
00:34:16,689 --> 00:34:18,057
what was goin' on.
576
00:34:57,496 --> 00:35:00,332
Probably the most chilling part
of this entire case
577
00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:04,370
was her immediate response to
the photo.
578
00:35:04,837 --> 00:35:06,672
And it was her smiling.
579
00:35:30,095 --> 00:35:31,897
[Jason] We had enough.
We had our case.
580
00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:34,066
We'd gotten across
the goal line.
581
00:35:37,136 --> 00:35:39,672
[Narrator] The next day,
on July 23rd,
582
00:35:39,705 --> 00:35:42,374
Detective Martinez and
a patrol officer
583
00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:44,743
approach Lulu at the gym.
584
00:35:50,282 --> 00:35:53,118
Lulu was in the back office of
the boxing gym.
585
00:35:53,619 --> 00:35:56,755
Her mom was there,
her daughter was there.
586
00:35:57,923 --> 00:36:01,260
Ramon had been off the grid for
the previous 48 hours.
587
00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:04,029
Our plan was to speak to her
588
00:36:04,063 --> 00:36:07,599
under the guise of
me investigating
589
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:09,835
a missing person's report.
590
00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:22,915
[Jason] I just let her talk.
591
00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:25,484
It was about
a ten minute long production
592
00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:29,121
of her attempting to give
the appearance that
593
00:36:29,154 --> 00:36:30,823
she was bein' helpful to us.
594
00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:35,060
But it, it got to a point where
I made the decision to,
595
00:36:35,094 --> 00:36:37,863
to go ahead and place her in
custody.
596
00:36:55,481 --> 00:36:57,349
[Narrator] As soon as Lulu is
in cuffs,
597
00:36:57,383 --> 00:37:00,652
investigators make
an important phone call.
598
00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:03,689
[Ramon] They gave me a call,
said, you know,
599
00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:05,724
"She's being arrested,
We're gonna go pick you up now."
600
00:37:05,758 --> 00:37:07,326
And...
601
00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:13,032
I had tears of sadness,
of anger.
602
00:37:13,032 --> 00:37:15,601
And so many emotions
603
00:37:15,634 --> 00:37:18,337
came through me about everything
that had gone down.
604
00:37:22,508 --> 00:37:24,043
[Narrator] At the station,
605
00:37:24,043 --> 00:37:28,180
police read Lulu her rights,
but she refuses to talk.
606
00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:30,883
[Jason] From the minute she was
taken into custody,
607
00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:34,687
she lawyered up and exercised
her fifth amendment right.
608
00:37:36,889 --> 00:37:38,157
[Narrator] Coming up.
609
00:37:38,190 --> 00:37:41,060
The Sosa family hopes for
closure.
610
00:37:42,061 --> 00:37:44,897
I remember her when they brought
her in, the sound of the chains,
611
00:37:45,330 --> 00:37:47,366
you know, of her walking.
612
00:37:47,700 --> 00:37:49,635
She never looked at me
the whole time.
613
00:37:50,269 --> 00:37:51,970
I just want it to be over.
614
00:38:08,555 --> 00:38:11,658
[Narrator] On July 23, 2015,
615
00:38:11,691 --> 00:38:16,096
Lulu Sosa is arrested for
solicitation of capital murder
616
00:38:16,730 --> 00:38:20,900
after hiring an undercover agen
to kill her husband, Ramon.
617
00:38:22,902 --> 00:38:26,272
During the sting,
Ramon hid out in a hotel.
618
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,343
But news of Lulu's arrest break
before he has the chance
619
00:38:30,377 --> 00:38:32,479
to reach out to his family.
620
00:38:33,813 --> 00:38:35,849
Hello everyone,
I'm Ashley Banfield,
621
00:38:35,882 --> 00:38:36,816
this is Primetime Justice.
622
00:38:36,850 --> 00:38:38,651
Divorce can get messy.
623
00:38:38,685 --> 00:38:41,621
My mom, she saw there was
a breaking news
624
00:38:41,654 --> 00:38:44,424
for Montgomery County,
next to the Woodlands.
625
00:38:44,724 --> 00:38:47,927
A woman tried murder her
husband.
626
00:38:49,062 --> 00:38:50,930
My mom's English is kinda broken
627
00:38:50,964 --> 00:38:53,233
and the only
thing she understood was that
628
00:38:53,633 --> 00:38:56,369
she was arrested
for killing her husband.
629
00:38:57,337 --> 00:38:59,773
She saw her picture on
the breaking news,
630
00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:03,710
and my mom just fainted and just
started screaming.
631
00:39:07,881 --> 00:39:10,483
[Ramon] The first person that
I call is my mother,
632
00:39:11,251 --> 00:39:13,520
and oh my goodness.
633
00:39:14,020 --> 00:39:15,355
I heard her in the background,
634
00:39:15,388 --> 00:39:16,890
'cause my dad picked up
the phone,
635
00:39:16,923 --> 00:39:21,294
and I hear in the background
my mom just yelling.
636
00:39:21,327 --> 00:39:23,663
You know, that kind of cry you
hear at funerals.
637
00:39:23,697 --> 00:39:24,931
Just, just...
638
00:39:25,031 --> 00:39:28,902
It, it, it was breaking me.
She thought that I was dead.
639
00:39:33,039 --> 00:39:36,776
[Narrator] Immediately, Ramon
rushes to his family's side.
640
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,216
I get to the house,
and my dad is there.
641
00:39:43,717 --> 00:39:46,052
Eyes are bloodshot,
my mom's in the back,
642
00:39:46,052 --> 00:39:49,222
just couldn't catch her breath
you know what I mean?
643
00:39:49,255 --> 00:39:51,458
I started calling my sons.
644
00:39:51,958 --> 00:39:53,159
'Cause everybody was,
645
00:39:53,193 --> 00:39:55,362
so many people had already seen
it on TV.
646
00:39:55,395 --> 00:39:58,064
I called my sons and
my daughter Mia.
647
00:39:58,665 --> 00:40:01,868
[Mia] And I just immediately
started bawling my eyes out.
648
00:40:01,901 --> 00:40:05,905
I was crying, I remember,
I just, I was so angry.
649
00:40:05,939 --> 00:40:09,476
Because how could somebody wanna
kill my father?
650
00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:12,712
You know?
Let alone his wife.
651
00:40:16,316 --> 00:40:17,817
[Narrator] While awaiting trial,
652
00:40:17,851 --> 00:40:20,286
Lulu never offers up an
explanation
653
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,721
for her actions.
654
00:40:21,755 --> 00:40:24,824
And the couple's divorce is
finalized.
655
00:40:25,892 --> 00:40:28,828
In the divorce, you know,
everything was awarded.
656
00:40:28,862 --> 00:40:31,831
Everything, the cars, the house,
the gyms
657
00:40:32,165 --> 00:40:33,667
was all awarded to me.
658
00:40:34,701 --> 00:40:37,037
So, out of all that greed that
she wanted everything,
659
00:40:37,070 --> 00:40:40,106
she went, and her kids and her
family and her mom,
660
00:40:40,140 --> 00:40:41,741
without nothing.
661
00:40:47,347 --> 00:40:49,649
[Narrator] By the fall of 2016,
662
00:40:49,683 --> 00:40:52,318
over a year after Lulu's arrest
663
00:40:52,352 --> 00:40:54,721
she sees the writing on
the wall.
664
00:40:55,555 --> 00:40:58,625
On October 11th,
Lulu takes a plea.
665
00:41:00,093 --> 00:41:04,531
She agreed to plead to 20 years
in prison to what's called,
666
00:41:04,564 --> 00:41:06,399
what's a second-degree felony.
667
00:41:06,433 --> 00:41:08,134
Which carries a range of
punishment from,
668
00:41:08,168 --> 00:41:10,103
for her, for probation
to 20 years.
669
00:41:10,136 --> 00:41:14,574
So, she accepted the maximum
punishment for that that crime.
670
00:41:15,108 --> 00:41:17,711
Because no one was murdered,
671
00:41:18,845 --> 00:41:21,581
her lack of criminal history in
her past,
672
00:41:21,614 --> 00:41:24,150
and the fact that she was
going to accept responsibility,
673
00:41:24,184 --> 00:41:27,387
I believe 20 years was
a just sentence in this case.
674
00:41:28,355 --> 00:41:29,989
I was just ready to be
over with.
675
00:41:30,090 --> 00:41:31,725
You know, it was about 15 months
later.
676
00:41:31,758 --> 00:41:33,393
I just want it to be over.
677
00:41:38,231 --> 00:41:39,799
[Narrator] At her hearing,
678
00:41:39,833 --> 00:41:43,169
the judge gives Ramon a chance
to speak to his wife
679
00:41:43,203 --> 00:41:45,105
and would-be killer.
680
00:41:45,772 --> 00:41:47,474
[Ramon] And I remember her,
when they brought her in,
681
00:41:47,507 --> 00:41:51,511
the sound of the chains,
you know, of her walking.
682
00:41:52,012 --> 00:41:56,383
And I felt, I feel saddened to
see this lady, how she ended up.
683
00:41:56,416 --> 00:41:57,517
Somebody that came to this
country
684
00:41:57,550 --> 00:42:00,420
lookin' for a better life for
herself and her kids.
685
00:42:01,554 --> 00:42:03,490
[Kelly] Ramon was able to give
what we call
686
00:42:03,523 --> 00:42:04,858
a victim impact statement
687
00:42:04,891 --> 00:42:07,627
about the impact that,
that this has had on him,
688
00:42:07,660 --> 00:42:10,964
and what she's done to him and
his family.
689
00:42:11,631 --> 00:42:15,635
And I forgave her, and it was as
if I had released
690
00:42:15,669 --> 00:42:18,505
all that anger and all that air
in the balloon,
691
00:42:18,538 --> 00:42:20,373
and I was at peace again.
692
00:42:20,407 --> 00:42:22,375
She never looked at me
the whole time.
693
00:42:22,909 --> 00:42:24,611
And they just took her away,
694
00:42:24,944 --> 00:42:27,113
and that's the last time
I saw her.
695
00:42:32,819 --> 00:42:35,855
[Narrator] But the Sosa family
walks away from the ordeal
696
00:42:35,889 --> 00:42:40,126
with something far more valuabl
than money or possessions.
697
00:42:41,628 --> 00:42:44,831
Our family is much, much closer.
698
00:42:46,099 --> 00:42:49,169
The dynamics between my father
and I has been amazing.
699
00:42:49,202 --> 00:42:52,672
I mean, I have a four year old
son, his grandson,
700
00:42:52,706 --> 00:42:53,673
his first grandson.
701
00:42:53,707 --> 00:42:55,709
He's an amazing grandfather.
702
00:42:57,277 --> 00:43:00,747
I know that there's a day that's
gonna come in the near future
703
00:43:00,780 --> 00:43:03,583
that, that, that Lulu's gonna
be released from prison.
704
00:43:04,784 --> 00:43:08,588
I hope that she betters her
life.
705
00:43:09,756 --> 00:43:11,424
What's helped me a lot, too,
706
00:43:11,458 --> 00:43:13,293
is talking to people,
707
00:43:13,693 --> 00:43:15,495
men and women, that are
goin' through
708
00:43:15,528 --> 00:43:17,597
difficult situations
and marriages.
709
00:43:18,498 --> 00:43:20,834
I hope that people that see
my story
710
00:43:21,534 --> 00:43:23,203
can learn something from it,
711
00:43:24,070 --> 00:43:26,272
and I hope that it,
that it helps them.
712
00:43:26,306 --> 00:43:30,110
[music]
713
00:43:30,577 --> 00:43:36,683
[music]